West New York

West New York is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, located across the Hudson River from Manhattan in New York City. The town was incorporated on 8 July 1898, and it was mostly Italian and German until the Cuban exodus of the 1960s, which led to the town's population being 78.08% Hispanic in 2010. Starting in the 1980s, the industrial areas along the waterfront were converted into residential and recreational areas. In 2010, the town had a population of 49,708 people, with 62.04% being white, 20.19% other races, 6.01% Asian, 5.61% multiracial, 4.6% African-American, 1.5% Native American, and .005% Pacific islander.